Hiro Mashima Begins New Manga 'Dead Rock' in July

The July 2023 issue of Monthly Shounen Magazine announced on Tuesday that Hiro Mashima is launching a new manga titled Dead Rock. The manga will begin in the magazine's August issue on July 6. Mashima also announced that the manga will have a short-term serialization.

The manga takes place in a dark fantasy Demon Academy called Dead Rock, which is a demon king training institute that rules over the depths of the demon world. Yakuto, a young Demon World dweller, is challenged to the arduous entrance examinations there.

Mashima is currently serializing two other manga—Edens Zero in Weekly Shounen Magazine and Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest sequel with artist Atsuo Ueda on the Magazine pocket web manga portal.

Mashima serialized Fairy Tail in Weekly Shounen Magazine from August 2006 to July 2017. Kodansha published the adventure fantasy manga in 63 volumes.

The original Fairy Tail manga was adapted into three television anime, two anime movies in 2012 and 2017, and nine original video anime episodes. Fairy Tail: Final Series (Fairy Tail Final Series), the latest anime installment in the franchise, aired in 51 episodes between Fall 2018 and Summer 2019. A television anime adaptation of the Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest sequel manga is currently in production.

Source: Mantan Web